Renewable Energy Systems Opportunity for Unified Research Collaboration and Education (RESOURCE)

可再生能源系统联合研究合作和教育机会(RESOURCE)计划将在一个为期五年的项目中为25名工程学科的博士生提供为期两年的奖学金。该项目的智力主题将是开发可持续、节能的可再生能源技术，包括太阳能、风能和生物燃料。研究生将与50名六年级教师合作，创建创新的课程和教育工具，促进人们对可再生能源技术和相关STEM学科的兴趣。研究员和教师将在STEM主题与技术和非技术受众、领导力、团队建设和教学方面进行合作。这将丰富研究员之间的交流吗？该项目的智力价值在于，它将为培养工程学研究生创造一个新的模式，同时帮助GK-12教师提高对大学的认识，将其作为可再生能源课堂课程和实验室实验的新内容来源。预计通过该计划开发的几个培训要素将被纳入加州大学戴维斯分校和全国各地研究型大学的其他STEM研究生课程。该项目的更广泛影响是，它直接解决了国家政策的必要性，即增加美国公民，特别是女性和代表性不足的少数族裔对工程学学习和职业的参与。总体而言，资源将增强研究生教育对社会的教育影响。

The Renewable Energy Systems Opportunity for Unified Research Collaboration and Education (RESOURCE) program will provide two-year fellowships to 25 PhD students in engineering disciplines over a five-year project. The intellectual theme for the project will be on the development of sustainable, energy efficient renewable energy technologies including solar, wind and biofuels. Graduate fellows will partner with 50 sixth grade school teachers to create innovative curriculum and educational tools that promote interest in renewable energy technologies and associated STEM disciplines. Fellows and teachers will collaborate on communicating STEM subjects to technical and non-technical audiences, leadership, team building, and teaching. This will enrich the communication of fellows? research and will also improve their ability to communicate to different educational communities including those from different cultural backgrounds.The intellectual merit of the project is that it will create the model for a new approach to educating engineering graduate students, while helping GK-12 teachers develop the awareness of the university as a source of new content for renewable energy classroom lessons and laboratory experiments. It is anticipated that several of the training elements developed through this program will be incorporated as an integral part of other STEM graduate programs at UC Davis and research universities across the nation. The broader impact of the project is that it directly addresses the national policy imperative to increase the participation of US citizens, particularly women and underrepresented minorities, in engineering studies and careers. Overall, RESOURCE will enhance the pedagogical impact of graduate education to society.